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He studied at the Cambridge Mission School and received his Bachelor's Degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, India and his Master's Degree from Punjab University . In 1905 , he received scholarships to Oxford University , but in 1907 resigned the scholarships and returned to India to live a life of austerity. He moved to Paris in 1909 and became editor of the '' Bade Mataram ''. He moved to the United States in 1911 , and became a lecturer in the philosophy department at Stanford University . He established the Gadar Party in the U.S. and published a journal ''Ghadar'' in 6 languages from USA. Millions of copies of the journal were distributed in India and to Indians around the world. Copies of the journal were concealed in parcels of foreign cloth sent to Delhi . In April 1914 , he was arrested by the United States government for spreading Anarchist literature and fled to Berlin , Germany . He subsequently lived for a decade in Sweden . He received his PhD in 1930 from the University Of London . In 1932 , he published '' Hints Of Self Culture '' and embarked on a lecture circuit covering Europe , India, and the United States. He died in Philadelphia in 1939 . In 1987 , the India Department of Posts issued a commemorative stamp in his honor, within the series "India's Struggle for Freedom". EXTERNAL LINKS
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